| Following is a list of the series and stand-alone books written by James L. Nelson. Follow the links for more detailed information and sample chapters of each. |
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George Washington's Secret
Navy The story of the fleet of the early naval action of the American Revolution and the armed schooners commissioned by George Washington to cut off supplies from the British in Boston. The book also looks at the political intrigue around the creation of the United States Navy. |
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Benedict Arnold's
Navy A non-fiction account of the only fleet action between American and British navies during the American Revolution, and one of the most unique and significant, if little known, naval battles of the age of sail. Benedict Arnold's Navy is the fist book-length treatment of this important naval action |
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The Only Life that
Mattered A novel based on the lives of the real-life women pirates Anne Bonny and Mary Read. Previously published as The Sweet Trade by Elizabeth Garrett (it's a long story...). Click Here for more information and a sample chapter. |
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Reign of Iron James L. Nelson's first work of non-fiction. Reign is the most complete history of the ironclads Monitor and Merrimack (Virginia) done in decades. Click Here for more information and a sample chapter. |
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The Bowater Series At the outbreak of the Civil War, Lt. Samuel Bowater of Charleston, South Carolina, decides to follow his state out of the Union and join the Confederate navy. Glory in the Name, the first book of the series, was the winner of the W.Y. Boyd Award for Excellence in Military Fiction. Click Here for more information and sample chapters. |
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The Marlowe Series Former pirate Thomas Marlowe comes ashore in Williamsburg, VA in 1701 with the thought of giving up piracy and setting himself up as a landed gentlemen. But piracy is like eating peanuts. Once you start... Click Here for more information and sample chapters. |
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The Biddlecomb Series Rhode Island ship's captain and smuggler Isaac Biddlecomb finds himself, grudgingly at first, a captain in the new-found navy of the United States during the American Revolution. Click Here for more information and sample chapters.
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